Australian Woman Bags $7.2 Million After Crypto.com Makes an Expensive Error

• Cryptocurrency platform crypto.com mistakenly transferred $7.2 million to the wrong person's bank account
• The woman, Thevamanogari Manivel, bought a mansion in Australia and has now been ordered by a judge to sell the property and pay back the money
• These details have emerged in a lawsuit between crypto.com and the woman in the Supreme Court of Victoria

An employee of Crpyto.com punched in the incorrect account number and transferred $7.2 million to Australian woman Thevamanogari Manivel.

These details emerged in a lawsuit between the crypto currency platform and Thevamanogari Manivel in front of the Supreme Court of Victoria in Australia, the Washing Post reports.

Manivel was supposed to receive $68, but the whopping amount was transferred. She bought a mansion for her sister and transferred hundreds of thousands of dollars to her daughter. The Supreme court has subsequently frozen her bank account.

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According to the Guardian, it took the cryptocurrency platform seven months to notice the glaring error.

The woman's sister lives in Malaysia and didn't reply to a communication from crypto.com's lawyers.

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Source: Briefly.co.za